Jurijus Veklenko
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| caption = Jurijus performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|7|06}}
| origin = Klaipėda, Lithuania
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| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 2014–present
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Jurijus Veklenko (born 6 July 1990 in Klaipėda), also known as Jurij Veklenko or simply Jurijus, is a Lithuanian singer.
Eurovision Song Contest
Veklenko previously performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as one of the backing singers for Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila in their performance of "This Time"; along with the three other backing singers, Jurijus took part in a same-sex kiss as part of the final performance.
In 2017, Veklenko performed the main vocal for lip-sync drag-act Lolita Zero, in her Lithuanian national final entry "Get Frighten".{{cite web |title=Lithuania: Broadcaster LRT reveals Lolita Zero lip-synced her Eurovizijos atranka performance |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2017/01/27/lolita-zero-lip-synced-performance/ |website=Wiwibloggs |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302203825/https://wiwibloggs.com/2017/01/27/lolita-zero-lip-synced-performance/ |url-status=live }}
Veklenko won the 2019 Lithuanian national final with the song "Run with the Lions", and represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.
Personal life
Veklenko works for a major engineering firm mainly with IT and has said he enjoys the contrast with his musical career.{{cite web |title=Jurij Veklenko: Lithuania |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/jurijus |website=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=12 May 2019 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111454/https://eurovision.tv/participant/jurijus |url-status=live }} He is of Ukrainian descent.{{cite web|title=Eurovision 2019 - Jurij Veklenko|url=http://esckaz.com/2019/lit.htm|website=ESCKAZ|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924012331/http://esckaz.com/2019/lit.htm|url-status=live}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| LTU Peaks in Lithuania:
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| scope="row"| Mano Sapnuose
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| 11 |
=Singles=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| LTU |
| 2018
! scope="row"| "Kartais" | — | rowspan="3"| Mano Sapnuose |
| rowspan="2" |2019
! scope="row"| "Run with the Lions" | 29 |
| scope="row"| "Skirtingi Pasauliai" {{small|(with Inga Jankauskaitė)}} | — |
References
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with "When We're Old"
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with "On Fire"
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Category:21st-century Lithuanian male singers
Category:Lithuanian people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Musicians from Vilnius
Category:Musicians from Klaipėda
Category:Lithuanian pop singers
Category:English-language singers from Lithuania
Category:Klaipėda University alumni
Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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